PP NETWORK: More clouds today, and winds gusting to 40 mph. Winds could gust to 45 mph in west central Indiana, where a Wind Advisory runs from 11am-9pm in Lafayette, Terre Haute, and Crawfordsville. Rain moves in from the west later this evening. Here are today’s highs: 68 South Bend 69 Muncie/Marion 70 Anderson 69 […]
There is sunlight at the end of our weather tunnel. After a Wednesday morning still cluttered with some fog and drizzle, at least. The sun may crack the clouds from south to north this afternoon. That lousy low pressure system is finally creeping to the northeast. Monday and Tuesday were gloom days that added another […]
Today should be the first day in Indianapolis above 75 degrees since the middle of the month that is about to end. April’s average temperature of 54.1 is 1.3 degrees above average. But March”s 56.6 was 14.4 degrees above average, so – for only the second time since 1872 – April will be cooler than […]
Mother Nature’s cracking the wind whip today, with gusts up to 35 mph from the west and northwest. Afternoon chills will be in the 20’s. Temps will sink into the mid 30’s by afternoon. Midday and afternoon temps haven’t been as cold since Valentines Day. Rain and snow showers are possible in the morning, and […]
Back above average across the state today. Rain chances will spread from southern Indiana in the morning to central and northern Indiana by afternoon. Rain is likely statewide tonight. Winds could gust to 25 mph. A cold front approaches Tuesday, and cold air behind it should arrive around or just after lunch time. Temps will […]
Straight from Studio B: I show you the story on the snow tomorrow. The worst of it will strike Thursday evening. Cold air will sting Friday. Temps will start recovering again by the end of the weekend. Webcam weather is sponsored by Dr. Nancy Halsema at Carmel West Dentistry. Subscribe to the Almanac in iTunes […]
The biggest snows came in the northeast part of the state, as you can see from this map. Power lines were down and lights were out in many of the hardest hit areas. The cold upper level low pressure system produced convective-type precipitation, such as you often see in spring and summer, with highly variable […]
We have the first possibility of an inch or two of snow this season in the Tuesday night forecast. A large upper low pressure system will move to the south and then to the east of us into mid week. As cold air filters in later Tuesday the precip could change to all snow, and […]
This satellite shot of the weekend nor’easter is more impressive than any I saw of the much-covered Hurricane Irene earlier this year. Nor’easters may produce eye-like features, and they move up the East Coast, but they are non-tropical. They are cold-core low-pressure systems, meaning that they thrive on cold air. They are called “nor’easter” because […]
The Weather Service in Northern Indiana had some reports of funnel clouds late Saturday afternoon. They appeared to happen because of a combo platter of a stalled upper level low pressure system above us, and relatively cool air aloft. These type of funnel clouds typically do not descend to the ground. On rare occasions they […]
